Meghan Markle had a friend relay information to the authors of Finding Freedom, the controversial biography detailing the events that led to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's royal exit. This latest revelation comes from Meghan's lawyers, who recently filed documents with London's High Court in connection to her lawsuit against Associated Newspapers.

E! News reported that Meghan's lawyers confirmed in the filing that the duchess approached a friend whom she knew had been in contact with the authors of Finding Freedom, Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand. Apparently, Prince Harry's wife wanted to communicate the details of the letter she wrote to her father, Thomas Markle.

The letter has been the central subject of her lawsuit with the British tabloid, which extracted and printed parts of it in five stories. The Duchess of Sussex claimed that Associated Newspapers and the action of its tabloid, Mail on Sunday, breached the Data Protection Act 2018.

The lawyers further claimed that Meghan's intention to inform the authors was to prevent any misrepresentation or repeat the "false narrative" in the tabloids. Mail on Sunday apparently made it appear that Meghan abandoned her father when she married into the royal family.

However, the lawyers also claimed Meghan was not aware of how much her friend shared to Scobie or Durand, stressing that the Sussexes didn't cooperate for Finding Freedom. As with their press statement weeks before the biography's release, the pair still maintains that the authors didn't conduct an interview, whether formally or informally, with Harry and Meghan.

Meghan's lawyers also clarified that a member of the Kensington Palace communication staff helped draft the letter. Communications Secretary Jason Knauf filed his own statement in court, confirming that Harry and Meghan consulted him.

The legal team said that Meghan sought Knauf's help after seeking advice from a couple of senior royal family members. They also refuted Associated Newspaper's claim that this was a media strategy.

Rather, this was to support the Duchess of Sussex, who was deeply in pain over her estrangement with Thomas. Knauf and the communications team did not write the words because it was a personal letter from a daughter to her father. It was also palace protocol to include the communications team and inform senior members of the royal family if an issue would receive public interest.

The Duchess of Sussex's trial against Associated Newspapers was set to start on Jan. 11, 2021. However, Meghan and her lawyers succeeding in their request to delay the proceedings until the fall of 2021 for a "confidential reason."